costume (partial); varicolored shredded paper glued on sleeveless cotton shirt in encircling bands (sleeves cut off); h. incl. collar ca. 68 cm
Donor:
Beverley Robertson
Collection place:
Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas
Verbatim coll. place:
Bahamas, Nassau
Collector:
Beverley Robertson
Collection date:
1973
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shirts (main garments)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Context of use:
From Junkanoo Festival, Christmas, 1973. Junkanoo was established during slavery as a time of revelry for blacks during the Christmas season and has evolved into a primary Bahamian aesthetic art form participated in by both black and white Bahamians. Has become a main tourist attraction; celebrated on both the 26th of Dec. and the 1st of January., during the traditional morning hours (4-9).